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WEC: Porsche outpaces Audi by 0.1s in Mexico FP3
By alley - Sep 2, 2016, 1:31 PM ET

WEC: Porsche outpaces Audi by 0.1s in Mexico FP3

Porsche edged out Audi at the top of the times in final free practice for this weekend's World Endurance Championship round in Mexico City by just over a tenth.

Brendon Hartley ended up fastest in the #1 Porsche 919 Hybrid, which was 0.118s quicker than Andre Lotterer's 1m25.505s aboard the best of the Audi R18 e-tron quattros.

The second Audi was just under two tenths down in third in the hands of Lucas di Grassi with a 1m25.673s, while Neel Jani took fourth in the second Porsche.

The two Toyota TS050 Hybrids ended up fifth and sixth. Kamui Kobayashi was the quickest of the Toyota drivers with a 1m26.448s, which left him just over a second off the pace. Sebastien Buemi was a further three tenths back in sixth.

The G-Drive ORECA-Nissan 05 was quickest in LMP2, Rene Rast's 1m35.555s putting him nearly half a second up on the points-leading Alpine Signatech car in the hands of Nicolas Lapierre.

The two Aston Martins led the way in GTE Pro. Richie Stanaway was quickest on a 1m39.496s, which was less than a tenth up on teammate Marco Sorensen.

A 1m40.492s from Stefan Mucke put the best of the Ford GTs third in class.

The Abu Dhabi-Proton Porsche was quickest in GTE Am with Patrick Long anchoring the driving team.

PRACTICE 3 TIMES:

Pos

Class

Driver

Team

Car

Gap

1

LMP1

T.Bernhard, M.Webber, B.Hartley

Porsche Team

Porsche

1m25.387s

2

LMP1

M.Fassler, A.Lotterer, B.Treluyer

Audi Sport Team Joest

Audi

0.118s

3

LMP1

L.di Grassi, L.Duval, O.Jarvis

Audi Sport Team Joest

Audi

0.286s

4

LMP1

R.Dumas, N.Jani, M.Lieb

Porsche Team

Porsche

0.460s

5

LMP1

S.Sarrazin, M.Conway, K.Kobayashi

Toyota Gazoo Racing

Toyota

1.061s

6

LMP1

S.Buemi, K.Nakajima

Toyota Gazoo Racing

Toyota

1.401s

7

LMP1

M.Tuscher, D.Kraihamer, A.Imperatori

Rebellion Racing

Rebellion/AER

4.666s

8

LMP1

S.Trummer, O.Webb, P.Kaffer

ByKOLLES Racing Team

CLM/AER

5.226s

9

LMP2

R.Rusinov, R.Rast, A.Brundle

G-Drive Racing

ORECA/Nissan

10.168s

10

LMP2

G.Menezes, N.Lapierre, S.Richelmi

Signatech Alpine

Alpine/Nissan

10.614s

11

LMP2

N.Leventis, L.Williamson, J.Kane

Strakka Racing

Gibson/Nissan

10.677s

12

LMP2

R.Gonzalez, B.Junqueira, L.Diaz

Greaves Motorsport

Gibson/Nissan

10.697s

13

LMP2

R.Dalziel, L.Derani, C.Cumming

Extreme Speed Motorsports

Ligier/Nissan

10.812s

14

LMP2

R.Gonzalez, B.Senna, F.Albuquerque

RGR Sport by Morand

Ligier/Nissan

10.846s

15

LMP2

D.Cheng, H-Pin Tung, N.Panciatici

Baxi DC Racing Alpine

Alpine/Nissan

11.060s

16

LMP2

V.Petrov, V.Shaytar, K.Ladygin

SMP Racing

BR Engineering/Nissan

11.145s

17

LMP2

M.Rao, R.Bradley, P.Toledano

Manor

ORECA/Nissan

11.494s

18

LMP2

N.Minassian, M.Mediani

SMP Racing

BR Engineering/Nissan

11.575s

19

LMP2

S.Sharp, E.Brown, J.van Overbeek

Extreme Speed Motorsports

Ligier/Nissan

11.821s

20

GTE Pro

R.Stanaway, D.Turner

Aston Martin Racing

Aston Martin

14.109s

21

GTE Pro

N.Thiim, M.Sorensen

Aston Martin Racing

Aston Martin

14.185s

22

GTE Pro

S.Mucke, O.Pla

Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK

Ford

15.105s

23

GTE Pro

M.Franchitti, A.Priaulx, H.Tincknell

Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK

Ford

15.421s

24

GTE Pro

R.Lietz, M.Christensen

Dempsey Racing - Proton

Porsche

15.611s

25

GTE Pro

D.Rigon, S.Bird

AF Corse

Ferrari

15.905s

26

GTE Pro

G.Bruni, J.Calado

AF Corse

Ferrari

16.026s

27

GTE Am

K.Al Qubaisi, D.Hansson, P.Long

Abu Dhabi-Proton Racing

Porsche

16.436s

28

GTE Am

P.D.Lana, P.Lamy, M.Lauda

Aston Martin Racing

Aston Martin

16.845s

29

GTE Am

M.Wainwright, A.Carroll, B.Barker

Gulf Racing UK

Porsche

16.950s

30

GTE Am

F.Perrodo, E.Collard, R.Aguas

AF Corse

Ferrari

17.021s

31

GTE Am

Y.Yamagishi, P.Ragues, R.Taylor

Larbre Competition

Chevrolet

17.373s

32

GTE Am

C.Ried, W.Henzler, J.Camathias

KCMG

Porsche

18.051s

 

Originally on Autosport.com

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